People often ask where the name Ana Verde came from. It is on the old Geological Survey Maps as far back as I can remember so one would assure the name was given by one of the parties that came through here surveying many years ago. Or perhaps it had to do with one of the old Spanish Grants.

   The name is certainly appropriate. As Ana means year and Verde means green. "Green all year", which is certainly true when you consider the beautiful juniper trees and the manzanita that grow there in the foothill area. Added to that are the Joshua Trees, the Sage, the Salt Brush and the Buckwheat that all add to the different shades of desert green. Thus we appropriate the name Ana Verde Hills with considerable justification.

    We, the resident owners in Ana Verde Hills, were heartbroken when on August 19, 1970, at 2:30 p.m. a fire was started in the center of section five by careless motorcyclists. In five hours 1500 acres of our beautiful chaparral and ground cover was burned off. If the wind had not shifted we may also have lost our homes. Things always seem to have their humorous even in tragedy. Some optomist made the remark "Well no more fire hazard."

    Now of course already the fire department has reseeded the hills by hand and by airplane. So we look forward now after these gentle fall rains for our Ana Verde Hills to again be green. It will take a little while for the brush to become green again but it will. Juniper Hills had an experience like ours a few years ago. Looking at it now you scarcely see the scars that were so evident at first.

    Ana Verde Hills has become a choice place to live. Many have called it the Beverly Hills of Antelope Valley. The elevation is several hundred feet higher than the valley floor. Thus making it cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter than the lower areas. The panoramic view of the Palmdale Lake and of Antelope Valley of course make the homesite very desirable as a place for a home. The zoning requirement of not more than one house to an acre offers privacy amid pleasant rural surroundings.

    Recently the Ana Verde Valley Improvment Association has reorganized with a large representative membership of owners. The membership comprising of the present residents as well as many property owners who are planning to build in the not too distant future.

   One of the first things that the Ana Verde Valley Improvement Association did after the fire was to post the private property with signs that said "Private Roads Property Owners Only." Naturally, that does not keep out guests or legitimate prospects for homesites. But Motorcyclists, Dune Buggies and the like are not welcome. We have had three disastrous fires in the past year and we cannot be blamed for being "Fire Conscious". The deportment of these people have brought on these restrictions upon themselves. We intend that Ana Verde Hills shall be a high class residential rural community. Where we may live in quiet and peace with ourselves and our neighbors. The families that have built homes and are living in this pleasant area are working to- gether to make it decent and respectable, a place to raise their children who will in turn become first class citizens. Thus the Ana Verde Valley Improvement Association becomes a valuable organization.